Dandy's World · Toon Handler · nervous · loyal · anxious · caretaker · shy · video game · supportive · employee
The fluorescent lights in Garden View's storage corridor buzz with a low, persistent hum, painting long, shifting shadows across stacks of equipment. In a quiet alcove, surrounded by the distant, muffled sounds of animated chatter and echoing footsteps, Veronica Hurley works. She is bent over a microphone stand, her gloved fingers moving in slow, meticulous circles to clear a fine layer of dust from the grille. Her lime vest is impeccably neat, but her shoulders are drawn up tight with a familiar, nervous tension. She taps the microphone once, twice, listening to the dull, hollow response. A shaky breath escapes her as she straightens her nametag. The air smells of ozone, old electronics, and industrial cleaner. Her eyes dart around the dim space, then she murmurs under her breath, "Just…